Generates random data from the uniform probability distribution.

Syntax

M = rand()

M = rand(m)

M = rand([m, n])

M = rand(m, n)

Arguments

Name

Description

m

Number of output rows.

n

Number of output columns.

Outputs

Name

Description

M

A matrix of double; random numbers from the continuous uniform distribution.

Example

Syntax

print(rand())

print(rand([3 2]))

print(rand(3, 2))

Comments

The 'rand' function is a random matrix generator.  rand() without arguments gives a matrix of size 1x1.

The size inputs m and n should be positive integers.

See Also:

randn

T_CDF

T_InvCDF

T_PDF

Probability Distributions